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On the afternoon of January 6, IDC, a research firm, released its top 10 PC market forecasts for 2021. IDC predicts that China’s PC market will grow by 10.7% in 2020. After eight consecutive years of negative growth for the first time. Smart office and government industry will become the main driving force for the growth of China’s PC market. However, there are still many uncertain factors in the market, such as epidemic control, spare parts shortage and so on.
In terms of products, high gamut touch screens will be popular, and a new round of processor war cannot be avoided. With the price reduction of RTX in the second half of 2021, game notebook will usher in a new wave of integrated development.
The following is the full text of IDC’s top 10 forecasts for China’s PC market in 2021:
Top 10 forecasts of China’s PC market in 2021
With the popularization of high gamut of consumer notebook, with the improvement of PC heavy application properties, consumers’ requirements for screen quality are significantly improved. It is estimated that more than 65% of consumer laptops will be equipped with high gamut screens (NTSC 72% or sRGB 100% or more) in 2021.
The epidemic situation has accelerated the use of computers for primary and secondary school students, such as online learning. In 2021, the shipment volume of computers purchased for primary and secondary school students’ auxiliary learning will reach about 8.8 million, which is about six times of the K12 demand in 2019, and nearly one third of the consumer PC market. With the stable growth of the market in the future, manufacturers will also launch their own computers for primary and secondary school students.
At the beginning of a new round of processor war, 2021 will be the first year of a new round of PC processor market war. On the one hand, Intel will switch 11 generations of CPU on a large scale, and support AI, WiFi 6, Xe display and other functions more perfectly. Amd continues to maintain its leading edge in the manufacturing process; Apple’s M1 processor also makes the industry reconsider the feasibility of arm based PC in the future; in addition, Qualcomm will promote the latest Xiaolong 888 processor in 2021, which will further improve its performance. In addition, domestic PC processors will be widely used in government and other markets. All this indicates that the prelude of a new round of processor war has been opened.
With the notebook screen becoming larger and thinner, customers are looking for larger screen to improve customer experience. Therefore, in 2021, there will be a downward trend in the 13 inch and below notebook market, and more customers will turn to the 14 inch and above notebook market.
With the classification and integration of game notebook, the proportion of RTX graphics card in game book will reach about 40% in the fourth quarter of 2020, which leads to the game book market gradually divided into two sub markets: competitive high-end game book represented by RTX graphics card and ordinary game book represented by GTX graphics card. It is expected that this two-level differentiation will continue in the first half of 2021. With the price reduction of RTX in the second half of 2021, game notebook will usher in a new wave of integrated development.
As more and more manufacturers launch cloud PC solutions, whether the front-end computing power will decline has become an important topic. At present, in the next three years, PC scenarios will increasingly focus on heavy productivity application scenarios. Cloud computing will effectively share part of the problem of insufficient front-end computing power, but the improvement of front-end computing power is still the core direction in the next three years.
Touch screen, with the growth of digital natives, more young consumers are used to a variety of modes of interaction. Voice, video, touch, etc. In 2023, more than 10% of laptops will support touch, 10% will support voice education, and 7% will support visual interaction.
With the impact of the epidemic, localization and other factors leading to the rebound of the PC industry, more and more manufacturers will consider increasing the PC sales business in 2021. They will subvert the market through killer applications or quickly enter the market through their own customer relationship. On the other hand, traditional global PC manufacturers still have strong R & D, product and scale advantages. In the next three years, 50% of the new entrants will withdraw from the PC market due to acclimatization, and some intermediate PC manufacturers’ business will decline.
Digital native enterprises drive the new demand of PC. IDC divides commercial enterprises into four types: Digital driven enterprises, digital native enterprises, mass following enterprises and adhering to conventions. In recent years, the number and business space of the original enterprise will be improved obviously, while the number and business space of the future enterprise will be improved obviously. It is estimated that the growth rate of demand for PC by digital native enterprises will exceed 20% in 2021.
With the development of online and offline integration, 41% of PCs will be sold online in 2020, and the proportion of e-commerce has been increasing, which is changing the marketing mode of China’s overall channel system. In 2021, more than 35% of offline retail stores will open in e-commerce to enrich their sales channels. Offline marketing will become a new way of thinking in the future.
More reading: IDC: Top 10 forecasts of China’s PC market in 2018 IDC: global PC shipment is expected to reach 70.6 million units in Q4 in 2017, with a year-on-year growth of 0.7% IDC: HP’s share of Indian PC market reaches 33.8% in Q2 of 2017 IDC: new changes in PC market city level IDC: Q4 traditional PC (desktop, notebook and workstation) sales close to 71.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019 Growth of 4.8% IDC: in the second quarter of 2020, the shipment of China’s commercial PC market will reach 6.159 million units, up 0.2% year on year. IDC: in Q1 of 2013, the global PC market will track the decline of China’s market more than expected. IDC: in Q2 of 2012, the quarterly tracking report of China’s PC market will exceed 5.6% in Q2 of 2012. Canalys: in Q3 of 2020, the shipment of global PC market will reach 79.2 million units 12% year on year growth IDC: it is estimated that the sales volume of China’s PC market will be about 50.6 million units in 2019, down 3% year on year IHS iSuppli: in 2012, China’s PC shipment will reach 69 million units, surpassing 66 million units in the United States. Can Apple dominate the PC market with MAC products? Intel announced 12000 layoffs: PC market shrinking is the main reason DFC: the global PC game market is expected to exceed 42 billion US dollars in 2020
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In an interview with Bloomberg, Microsoft Senior Project Manager Greg Sullivan said that more than two million devices have now sold into the channel. The company remains silent on the number actually in users' hands.
In another interview, with CNET, the news was more encouraging. Those people who have bought Windows Phone 7 handsets are apparently happy with them: 93 percent of customers are satisfied or very satisfied with the platform, and 90 percent would recommend it to others. This satisfaction is certainly consistent with our experience. Awareness of the brand has also risen, up 22 percent to 66 percent, showing that the company's expensive advertising campaign is starting to make people notice the platform.
A month ago the number sold into the channel was around 1.5 million. Even if the actual figure is around 2.2 or 2.3 million—a bit over "more than two million"—that means that growth of the new platform has flattened. If the number is just a little more than 2 million, it means that Microsoft is shipping WP7 licenses to manufacturers at a lower rate now than it was in the first two months. Either way, the number is unlikely to be encouraging for the company.
Marketplace, Microsoft's application store for the platform, continues to perform strongly, however. There are now more than 6,500 applications on the store, and 24,000 registered developers. Whether the company can retain this momentum in the face of bleak sales figures remains to be seen: developers are already increasingly concerned about the platform's growth and Microsoft's promotion of it.

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The data on the site, called AbouttheData.com, includes biographical facts, like education level, marital status and number of children in a household; homeownership status, including mortgage amount and property size; vehicle details, like the make, model and year; and economic data, like whether a household member is an active investor with a portfolio greater than $150,000. Also available will be the consumer’s recent purchase categories, like plus-size clothing or sports products; and household interests like golf, dogs, text-messaging, cholesterol-related products or charities.
Each entry comes with an icon that visitors can click to learn about the sources behind the data — whether self-reported consumer surveys, warranty registrations or public records like voter files. The program also lets people correct or suppress individual data elements, or to opt out entirely of having Acxiom collect and store marketing data about them.
Although the site shows visitors a few facts that some might consider sensitive, like race and ethnicity, it initially omits, at least in the version I saw, intimate references — like “gambling,” “senior needs,” “smoker in the household” and “adult with wealthy parent” — that Acxiom markets to corporate clients but that might discomfit consumers if they knew they were for sale. (Acxiom said that the site includes the “core” facts it has collected about consumers, but that it might add “derived” data, like propensity for gambling, at a later date.)
This kind of anodyne presentation of data-mining, says Joseph Turow, a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, could prompt people to collude in their own surveillance by perfecting their profiles. That would improve the quality and resale value of the data for Acxiom, he says, perhaps to consumers’ detriment.
We've been tracking this issue for years. Mara Leveritt's related cover story in 2004 is one example.


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Asus revealed its new flagship Chromebook at CES earlier this month, the Flip C436. Compared to the previous C434, it offers a thinner design, significant processor upgrades, and more storage. However, if you were hoping Asus would stay in the ~$550 price range, I have some bad news for you.
The Chromebook Flip C436 is now available for pre-order on Amazon, with a projected release date of February 24th. The base model with a Core i3-10110U processor and 8GB RAM costs $799.99, a significant price jump from the C434, which has floated around ~$550 since release. The Core i5 model is $999.99, but you get double the RAM (16GB) and 4x the storage (512GB).
This places Asus in more direct competition with the Pixelbook/Pixelbook Go, as well as Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Chromebook. If you're interested, you can buy one from the links below.
Product listings for the C436 were taken down shortly after they went live, leading some to speculate that they had gone live too early. Asus recently confirmed to Chrome Unboxed that the C436 has been delayed to mid-March, so you'll have to wait a bit longer to buy the ultra-premium Chromebook.
New release date
Asus has finalized the release of this Chromebook. The C436 will launch on April 26, 2020. Pre-orders should be available again soon.
Core i3 model available
The Core i3 C436 is now available on ASUS' website. It costs $800, as expected, and seems to be shipping immediately. The other variants aren't live yet, but we'll let you know if we spot them before their slated release date.
Core i3 listing removed
According to Chrome Unboxed, who reached out to ASUS, this listing was a mistake and shouldn't have gone live. It has since been removed, and we're back to the late April release date.


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Lonati sock knitting machines equipped with the SbyS automatic toe linking device is rapidly coming into widespread use worldwide.
Especially, Asian sock manufacturers are installing these models in large numbers. Tatsuya Nagata, President of Union Industry Co., Ltd., Lonati’s agent for a number of East and Southeast Asian countries, says, “The situation has changed completely in the last one year with the Lonati machines equipped with the SbyS linking device being introduced rapidly.”
Lonati sock knitting machines equipped with the SbyS linking device have been introduced in industrialized countries where conventional hand linking has become difficult due to labor shortages and soaring labor costs. In recent years, emerging countries also suffering from labor shortages and rising labor costs have also been introducing these models, and the rate of installation has been accelerating. This year, sales have been increasing in the U.S., China and Turkey regardless of labor costs.
Especially in the Asian region, these models are rapidly being installed in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea and Mongolia. In these countries and regions, many sock manufacturers had been purchasing cheap sock knitting machines produced in Taiwan, Korea and China, but they are now moving to replace these machines with Lonati machines equipped with SbyS in large numbers. For instance, a sock manufacturer in Vietnam has introduced these Lonati machines in the hundreds.
This move is also significant in Korea. Korean sock manufacturers had formerly been installing mostly Korean sock knitting machines, but Union Industry set up a local subsidiary this July, and started full-scale presentation of Lonati sock knitting machines, which had a great impact in the Korean socks industry. The recent private show held in Korea attracted more visitors than expected, and there are signs that these machines are likely to come into widespread use in Korea as business negotiations are progressing.
The introduction of SbyS equipped machines is advancing even in Japan. According to Union Industry, about forty large-to-small-sized companies have already introduced these machines, and the majority of them are placing orders for more machines, as they are highly appreciated for their stability, high productivity and ability to exhibit strength in new developments.
In addition to the labor shortages and rapidly rising labor costs that have been the factors for the widespread use of SbyS equipped machines, socks manufacturers in emerging countries are promoting the production of high value-added items. In response to this move, socks makers in developed countries are also utilizing these machines more than before. There is a possibility that automatic toe linking might become a global standard in the socks industry.


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FOLLOWING the world's largest consumer poll on ethical food policy, involving over 100,000 members and 12 retail societies, the Co-operative Group has announced a range of initiatives aimed at tackling key areas of concern.
Eggs from caged hens will be banned immediately from Co-op stores; all own-brand hot beverages will be converted to Fairtrade; own-brand wine packaging will be drastically reduced and 66 more pesticides have been added to the Movement's prohibited list.
The actions follow a six-month consultation programme with Co-op members on the development of the food ethical policy launched last September.
When asked to name one area of priority, three main categories were identified as the biggest causes of concern: ethical trading (27 per cent), animal welfare (25 per cent) and the environment (22 per cent).
As a result, Co-op stores will become the first in the UK to convert their entire own-brand hot beverage category – worth over £ 16 million annually – to Fairtrade. The Group, which created history by converting Co-op-brand coffee to Fairtrade, is now switching all Co-operative tea to Fairtrade, along with the rest of its hot chocolate range.
The Co-op broke ranks with the industry back in 1995 when it became the first retailer to label eggs "Intensively Produced", a technically illegal step, which led to a change in the law and to eggs being labelled "From Caged Hens".
The Group launched the world's lightest whisky bottle last year and, as part of the response to the food ethics survey, has now announced that the glass used for the bottles for 26 different wines – amounting to 8.2 million bottles per annum – will be dramatically reduced, saving a total of 450 tonnes of glass each year.
- Further details in Co-op News, published Tuesday 5th February.


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Published on: January 12, 2023
The Atlantic has a piece about the growth of “buy now, pay later” programs - "from 2019 to 2021, the total value of buy-now, pay-later (or BNPL) loans originated in the United States grew more than 1,000 percent, from $2 billion to $24.2 billion. That’s still a small fraction of the amount charged to credit cards, but the fast adoption of BNPL points to its mainstream appeal. The widespread embrace of this kind of lending system says a lot about Americans’ relationship to debt - particularly among the younger borrowers who made BNPL popular (about half of BNPL users are 33 or under)."
Many of the young people who have embraced BNPL, the story says, do not have credit cards and do not want to accumulate credit card debt. Marco Di Maggio, an economist at Harvard, tells The Atlantic that "Gen Z was skeptical of credit cards, possibly because many of them had seen their parents sink into debt. Following the ’08 financial crisis, personal debt became a public bogeyman."
BNPL, the story says, has become popular in part because of social media - Instagram and TikTok have become major sources of promotion of various BNPL programs. "John Liang, a TikTok influencer with 2.1 million followers, presents the decision to use BNPL as one of pure reason. Standing in front of a green-screened Apple Store, Liang explains that by not paying the total price for a product upfront, he can invest the remainder of his money."
Di Maggio, on the other hand, suggests this argument is specious: "He said it made little sense economically and psychologically. He pointed out that investments don’t typically yield appreciable returns over just six weeks. And even if they did, most consumers who find an extra $20 or so in their pocket don’t think to buy stocks or bonds with it - they spend it on something else. A recent study he co-wrote supports this notion, finding that BNPL use causes a permanent increase in total spending of about $60 a week, stretching the average household retail budget 30 percent. Another study found that, on paper, people who borrow from these financial-technology firms look as creditworthy as their conventional-banking counterparts, but 'after they get the loan, they are much more likely to be delinquent'."
According to the story, "Many financial-technology firms frame their mission as one of inclusion - they say they’re building a bigger tent for America’s un- and underbanked, which include gig workers and young people with poor credit histories. Klarna, for instance, recently launched a 'creator platform' to match merchants with influencers who have access to their target audiences. But because BNPL providers aren’t subject to the same scrutiny as banks (most of them engage in forms of lending not explicitly covered by the Truth in Lending or Dodd-Frank Acts), consumer protections are scant. BNPL programs increase the likelihood of borrowers dipping into their savings and incurring overdraft and other fees."


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Today’s virtual technology enables faster and better product development. Planes, trains and automobiles are defined in CAD, subjected to virtual tests to see how they might fail, re-designed, virtually manufactured and virtually shown to customers to confirm market acceptance.
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Well into the 21st century, the medical industry faces a host of intriguing challenges, from aging populations to a growing range of personalized and at-home diagnostic and care devices—all set against a backdrop of increasing digital collection, transfer and storage of sensitive patient data.
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Global Chip Shortage Makes It Tough to Buy Certain Cars
CR offers expert advice on how to navigate the current car shortage
So you have three choices: look at models you weren’t previously considering, hold off on buying, or fix your old car if it’s in rough shape.
Jake Fisher, director of Consumer Reports’ Auto Test Center, recommends holding off until the market has shifted in the buyer’s favor. “Now is a terrible time to buy a car, so it’s probably best to avoid it if you can,” he says.
Why Semiconductors Are Important
Semiconductors contain microchip processors, which are used in smartphones, televisions, internet routers, and even home climate control thermostats. Cars and trucks are now loaded with electronics, so they have them, too.
Sam Abuelsamid at Guidehouse Insights says that every car has at least two or three dozen microchips, which control everything from window motors and infotainment screens to fuel management and stability control. Luxury vehicles with a lot of high-tech features may have 100 or more processors onboard, he says.
Manufacturers sold more than 14 million vehicles in the U.S. in 2020, and more than 17 million the year before, creating a need for hundreds of billions of microchips annually.
The COVID-19 pandemic is the main cause of the chip shortage. When automakers shut down factories last year—both to keep workers safe and to confront a steep drop in demand for new cars—they canceled orders for semiconductors.
At the same time, demand spiked for computers and other electronic devices because people needed to work and be entertained at home. When auto factories got rolling again and sales picked up in a big way, microchip manufacturers were unable to keep up with the surging demand.
So where does that leave consumers? Abuelsamid says that companies like Intel, which haven’t supplied chips for the auto industry in the past, have offered to begin production. And big chip manufacturers like TSMC, a Taiwanese company that dominates the global semiconductor industry, are building more factories.
But Abuelsamid says it will take time for those changes to have a noticeable impact on the supply of new cars.
“It’s likely that car buyers will be paying more for new vehicles, at least through the next year and perhaps longer,” he says. “Most automakers are facing production cuts, which in turn means limited inventory of new products on dealer lots. Low inventory means reduced or nonexistent discounts and deals on new vehicles.”
Consequently, traditional discounts off the window sticker price have been harder to come by and typically smaller. In fact, Consumer Reports is seeing some cars sell for closer to the MSRP, and in some cases even a little over.
CR members can refer to our monthly best new-car deals for guidance on models that perform well and have notable discounts. Insights on local transaction prices—key information for negotiating—can be found on the car model pages.
The silver lining is that now is a good time to sell a car if you’re not using it much because of the pandemic. Rising prices on new cars have pushed many consumers toward used cars, making them scarcer and more expensive as well, analysts say. In other words, it’s a seller’s market.


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Most 'welcome back' parties entail a gathering of friends, loud music, some streamers, and a few drinks. Cake is optional, though encouraged. Tilera Corporation had something else in mind when it welcomed back company co-founder Davesh Garg, who rejoins the outfit as its chief executive officer. Tilera celebrated by timing the announcement of two of its low-power, high-performance 64-bit processors, the 36-core TILE-Gx36 and the 16-core TILE-Gx16, to coincide with his return.
We know what you're thinking. With a 100-core processor, you can finally play Crysis with all the eye candy turned up and still have CPU cycles left over for Folding@home. That's probably true, but that's not what Tilera's new TILE-Gx 3000 processor family is intended for. These general purpose chips are destined for data centers where, according to Tilera, they have a distinct advantage over Intel's Sandy Bridge processors.
Tilera today announced its new TILE-GX line of processors, including the TILE-Gx100, the world's first 100-core CPU. According to Tilera, the 100-core part offers the highest performance of any processor on the planet by at least a factor of four.
"The launch of the TILE-Gx family, including the world's first 100-core microprocessor, ushers in a new era of many-core processing. We believe this next generation of high-core count, ultra high-performance chips will open completely new computing possibilities," said Omid Tahernia, Tilera's CEO.
While the 100-core part is not meant to run Crysis (so please don't ask) or any other desktop application, it does offer 10 times the performance per watt as Intel's fastest Nehalem-based server chips. Assuming Tilera can convince customers to switch from Intel and Texas Instruments, The TILE-Gx100 will likely end up in data centers powering cell phone network equipment and cloud computing ventures.
Tilera says its 100-core chip will start shipping in Q4 of this year.
Holy high core-count Batman, just imagine how many Chrome tabs you could have open with a 36-core Nehalem! But before you get too excited, this isn't some secret project Intel has been working on. The feat comes courtesy of Tilera, a small start-up from 2004 and self-proclaimed "industry leader in highly scalable multi-core embedded processor design." And with a 36-core chip, who's to argue?
This isn't even Tilera's highest cored processor, as the company introduced a 64-core CPU last year. This time around, the scaled down TilePro36 is being marketed as a midrange part suitable for devices like high-end video conferencing, according to Bob Doud, Tilera's director of marketing.
Intel and AMD needn't be worried though, as the Tilera doesn't target servers and home PCs, as the architecture would get summarily thumped by today's fastest chips. But for its targeted applications, the tiled RISC processing core puts out a bit of pep when configured in a distributed network, and the new 36-core version only sips between 10 to 16 watts.


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I'll just give it a little go, I thought. After all, I've been hearing about this online trivia game allowing you to donate rice to hungry people for several years now. But not being the gaming sort, I'd never tried it out.
Ten minutes later, and I had jumped to level 45 out of 60 in the English vocabulary game, earned around 550 grains of rice and learned a few new words into the bargain. Not bad, eh?
The World Food Programme, the U.N. food aid agency, which is behind the Freerice game launched in 2007, is giving it a new twist for next week, which it has dubbed World Freerice Week (Feb. 6-11).
Based on the "Six Degrees of Separation" theory, which asserts that everyone in the world is connected to every other person through at most six other people, it's asking players to recruit six friends to join in the online fight against hunger.
Each correct answer to a Freerice questions wins 10 grains of rice, paid for by sponsored advertising banners on the site, which are donated to WFP to feed hungry people around the world (you need to disable any software you have that blocks ads or your answers won't count).
There are 45,000 questions in six languages on a range of subjects from flags of the world to chemistry and literature - enough to test even the brainiest.
Freerice has over 1 million registered players, who together have donated nearly 100 billion grains of rice to feed almost five million people since the game's launch, according to WFP.
During World Freerice Week, you can create groups on Freerice.com that include "Freerice6" in the group title. A Flip cam and Freerice T-shirt will go to the group founder with the most members, the group founder whose group raises the most grains, as well as the individual who notches up the most rice during the week.
"With 6 Degrees of Freerice, we’re on our way to harnessing the power of online networks to make a difference in the fight against hunger," said Nancy Roman, WFP’s communications director.
Importantly, it's also quite good fun.
Follow World Freerice Week on Twitter at @freerice and by using the hash tag #Freerice6.
Visit the World Freerice Week homepage: http://freerice.com/freerice6
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Without revealing the identity of the suspected hackers, British budget airline easyJet said that names, email addresses and travel details of approximately 9 million of its customers were accessed after it became the target of an attack from a “highly sophisticated” source.
While easyJet started notifying some customers about the attack in April, it has now started notifying other customers in light of the increased risk of phishing emails since the outbreak of COVID-19, the company said. The affected customers will be notified no later than May 26, it added. The company also revealed that credit card details of 2,208 customers were accessed by the attacker.
According to a report in BBC, easyJet became aware of the attack in January.
“As soon as we became aware of the attack, we engaged forensic experts to investigate the issue and notified the National Cyber Security Centre. We also notified the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO),” the company said. “There is no evidence that any personal information of any nature, including credit card data, has been misused,” it added.
Travel details that were accessed include names, email addresses, origin airport and destination, and departure date. “It does not include financial details and passport information. These were not accessed,” the company said.
The airline said that it became the target of a highly sophisticated attacker and it took time for the company to understand the scope of the attack and to identify who had been impacted.
“We’ve shut out the attacker and bolstered our defences to further enhance our systems security,” it added. “We are advising customers to continue to be alert as they would normally be, especially should they receive any unsolicited communications. We also advise customers to be cautious of any communications claiming to be from easyJet or easyJet holidays,” the airline said.


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Ethiopia receives Jack Ma's coronavirus donation to AfricaBy ATTA®
March 22: Jack Ma’s coronavirus donation arrives in Ethiopia
A coronavirus support from CEO of Ali Baba, global e-commerce giants, has arrived in Ethiopia. The consignment was flown in by Ethiopian Airlines from Guanzhuo to Addis Ababa.
According to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the support includes 1.1 million testing kits,6 million masks & 60,000 protective suits to be distributed throughout Africa. “Distribution to other countries will begin as of tomorrow,” the PM added.
Most African countries have closed their air entry points but have made room for cargo planes to enter and exit. Ethiopian flies to almost every major African capital being the continent’s most expansive and profitable flight.
March 16: Ali Baba CEO confirms Africa donation
A day after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a coronavirus support package for the whole of Africa, the donor in question Chinese business Mogul Jack Ma confirmed the donation with details.
The donation under the aegis of the Jack Ma Foundation confirmed that millions of prevention and containment materials will be flown into Africa.
“To combat the potential surging for demand for medical supplies and equipment in Africa, Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation will donate to each one of the 54 African nations 20,000 testing kits, 100,000 masks, and 1,000 medical use protective suits and face shields,” the statement read.
“In addition, we will immediately start working with medical institutions in Africa to provide online training material for COVID-19 clinical treatment,” the statement added.


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BOYNTON BEACH -- Despite efforts to reach a compromise for a Sears, Roebuck & Co. store to be built at the Boynton Beach Mall, the developer says there will be no deal without 650 parking spaces that will pave over part of a pine preserve.
Developer Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. needs City Commission approval for a 136,000-square-foot Sears and a parking lot at the mall.
Commissioners are considering alternatives such as lowering the number of parking spaces the city requires, repainting parking lines to fit compact cars and expanding the county`s transit system to protect half of a 5.8-acre parcel of pine trees and cabbage palms.
But the developer on Thursday said no parking spaces, no Sears.
``All department stores require a certain number of parking spaces, and Sears wants the 650 spaces,`` said Dick Greco, vice president of development for DeBartolo Corp. ``If Sears didn`t take the two acres (of preserve), they`d have no parking around the back side of their building. We can`t do it.``
Three of the five commissioners say they want the store to be built and they want the annual $150,000 in taxes Sears is expected to generate. But they are upset DeBartolo Corp. will not consider a compromise for the parking lot.
``It sounds like they have put a gun to our head, and I don`t like that. The city calls the shots,`` Commissioner Lee Wische said on Friday. He said the city made promises to neighbors who live behind the mall that it would protect the preserve, and he wants the developer to be more flexible.
Commissioner Bob Olenik, who has strongly supported the Sears store in the past but also wants to retain the preserve, thinks it could be done with bus service and the city reducing the number of parking spaces required.


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Bizarre challenges continue to take over TikTok-verse! Yesterday, I talked about a useful TikTok trend called “Angel Cut With Layers”, a secret code for domestic abuse victims, but today, we are back to square one with another TikTok challenge, “NyQuil Chicken”. What started as a joke has turned out to be a dangerous challenge. Read on to understand the meaning of this challenge and why is it so dangerous.
What Is NyQuil Chicken TikTok Challenge?
The NyQuil chicken challenge started circulating on TikTok earlier this year but has gained pace recently. “Know Your Meme” reported that it all started as a joke in 2017 when a post was made on Chan and the user suggested making “sleepy chicken” or bedtime chicken” using NyQuil to marinate it. One user, who went by the name @trjstn even posted a photo of the chicken with a caption that read: “If she makes you NyQuil chicken…don’t let her go.”
Now, you must have heard the name of this medicine NyQuil, a common “over-the-counter medication which treats symptoms of flu, common cold and other allegories.” NyQuil is manufactured and sold by Vicks. Coming back to the NyQuil Chicken challenge, while the joke died, one foolish user by the name of D1GS1TE came up with a video in 2019 wherein he and his friends were seeing making the NyQuil chicken. Things obviously turned out bad for them.
This challenge gained popularity on TikTok in 2022. Basically, this challenge expects you to sure chicken in a pan with NyQuil, an over-the-counter cold medicine, and it turns out that the steam makes you sleepy. As of Tuesday (Sept. 20), this challenge has garnered more than 1.3 million videos on TikTok. But again, even though the “NyQuil Chicken Cooking Challenge may sound naive, it turns out that it’s equally dangerous.
Why Is The NyQuil Challenge Dangerous?
As the NyQuil Chicken Cooking challenge gains popularity among TikTok users, with many actively trying this challenge, several safety warnings have also appeared which TikTokers try to search this tag on the video-sharing platform. The FDA has issued specific guidelines highlighting the dangers associated with this challenge.
In a recent warning, the U.S. Food And Drug Administration released a statement: “These video challenges, which often target youths, can harm people — and even cause death.” It has come out that this medicine includes active ingredients such as ‘acetaminophen, dextromethorphan and doxylamine’.
The FDA further warned TikTokers by mentioning that, “Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways, even if you don’t eat the chicken, inhaling the medication’s vapours while cooking could cause high levels of the drugs to enter your body. It could also hurt your lungs.”
On TikTok, the tag “#nyquilchicken” appears to be blocked, and searching prompts a warning that “some online challenges can be dangerous, disturbing, or even fabricated.” FDA has also advised parents to keep such harmful medicines away from children and explain to them the dangers associated with such challenges.
So yea, even if you’re not consuming this chicken, which can also cause death, simply inhaling the medicine’s vapours can damage the lungs. It’s insane how people get swayed by such creepy challenges and actually go out of the way just to garner some likes. It is advised to keep yourself safe and informed about any such challenges on TikTok. Share this article with family and friends, especially children, to avoid any regretful accidents.


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Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment and Musk could not immediately be reached for comment. Hitting production and delivery targets has become increasingly important for Tesla's relationship with Wall Street investors after the auto maker struggled to increase production to meet demand of its new Model 3 electric vehicle. Of course, as with all things Tesla, all that performance is on top of industry-leading aesthetics and a tech-filled package.
Hopefully the company comes out of its current predicament for the better.
The charges come after Musk claimed in August via a series of tweets that he was planning to take the electric auto maker private, and implied that such a move was imminent with "funding secured".
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Tune in next week to see the latest twist in the Pogba-Mourinho soap opera. It's been a problem since he came, and it's still a problem now'.
They also hoped the row would cap several months of volatility around Tesla's shares driven in part by a series of rows over Musk's tweets and public pronouncements.
Tesla and Mr Musk will pay $20 million each to financial regulators.
"It is possible that the DOJ investigation does not result in any criminal charges at least in part because the DOJ could determine that the SEC's action resolved the matter and that no further governmental action is required".
Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale roommate believes latest sexual misconduct accuser
He spoke in support of Debbie Ramirez the second women to go on the record with claims of sexual misconduct against the Judge. She also told the magazine she was inebriated as well and has admitted to holes in her memory of some details.
The Model 3 is seen by analysts as crucial to the carmaker's long-term prospects and Musk has promised the ramp-up will help make the company profitable in the third quarter.
In two emails obtained by CNBC, Musk told staff that Tesla is close to achieving an "epic victory" on its production goals and turning a profit after years of burning through cash. Secondly, the company's board will also appoint two new independent directors, with a new committee dedicated but not limited to regulating Musk's communications as he remains CEO.
At UN, Trump accuses China of ‘attempting to interfere’ with 2018 elections
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Hear our prayers, Pokemon Company.
Published on January 27, 2023 John Esposito
Home » News » These 38 Pokemon Have Yet to Appear in a Nintendo Switch Game
In 2017, Nintendo finally released the next step in handheld and console gaming, the Nintendo Switch. The platform has turned out to be quite a hit, with the company’s legendary franchises like Pokemon introducing players to a whole new world of gaming.
Since 2017, seven Pokemon titles have made their way onto the Switch, with the latest being Scarlet and Violet, bringing over hundreds of fictional creatures across the aforementioned seven titles. Across those games, we’ve seen a slew of new and old creatures alike, as Game Freak managed to mix in some of our fan favorites, despite them being from a different generation.
Interestingly enough, though, not every one of them has made it to the most recent console generation. According to the official Pokemon subreddit, there’s actually been a total of 38 characters that have yet to show up on the Nintendo Switch, which is pretty surprising.
While some of these are pretty obscure, meaning it makes at least a little sense while they haven’t appeared, there are some others on this list that are rather surprising. Some of the most notable ones are starters like Snivy and Tepig, whose full evolutions got ignored in favor of Oshawott. The mythical Pokemon Deoxys also feels like a considerable snub.
Hopefully, some of these character will be added in upcoming DLC, maybe as part of a Tera raid event. Either way, something definetly needs to be done to bring these poor Pokemon back into the limelight.


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Though the company lists three patient studies on its website, a review of those studies revealed that only 53 patients actually received the treatment in a trial setting. Twenty-three patients received a MiMedx product to treat diabetic foot ulcers. Thirty patients received it for plantar fasciitis, a condition that involves inflammation of the foot.
Though MiMedx's website says its placenta-based injections can be used in spinal surgeries, it lists no trials conducted in spinal surgery patients on its website.
Petit told ABCNews.com that only 10 percent of the company's business comes from the products the FDA says need to be approved, and that it will contest whether that approval is necessary in the coming weeks.
"There are a lot of things going on here that don't meet the eye," he said, adding that the FDA letter, which stopped short of ordering MiMedx to stop selling its product, came as a surprise.
MiMedx solicits placenta donations via a website called PlacentaDonation.Com, which bears the slogan "Give the gift of healing." In the frequently asked questions portion of the site, the donation is referred to as "an act of charity," though MiMedx's federal financial filings indicate that its business is dependent upon donations.
"Any disruption in the supply of donated human tissue could restrict our growth and could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition," the filing reads.
Injections of the dehydrated, crushed placental product cost $400 or $500 each, but patients may need more than one dose depending on their condition and their physician's orders, a MiMedx spokeswoman told ABCNews.com.


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INDICATOR >> July Industrial Production and Producer Prices
KEY DATA >> IP: +0.6%; Manufacturing: +0.8%/ PPI: +0.2%; Goods: -0.1%; Services: +0.4%; Excluding Energy: +0.3%
IN A NUTSHELL >> “With the vehicle makers leading the way, the manufacturing sector is ramping up even as costs are moderating.”
WHAT IT MEANS >> Despite some decent consumer spending, the manufacturing sector had been lagging. Not anymore. Industrial production soared in July as the vehicle sector decided to start ramping up output to meet the high sales pace. Assembly rates jumped by nearly 16%, to its highest level in over 35 years. But it wasn’t just automakers who saw the need to increase output: Eight of the eleven durable goods sectors and six of the eight nondurables posted gains. Whether it was business equipment, consumer goods, construction supplies or high tech products, the need to run the factory longer and faster was seen. The really weak area, not surprisingly, was petroleum. Clothing production also took a big hit and with the dollar rising, that could continue to be a problem area. Capacity utilization rose sharply, but it is not high by any means.
On the wholesale cost side, prices rose, but less than they did in May and June. The restraining factor was energy and the decline in costs is likely to accelerate given the recent drop in crude prices. Excluding energy, prices rose moderately and taking out food, costs also ticked up, though modestly. Still, even on the goods side, finished consumer goods less food and energy were up a solid 2.9% over the year. That is important to note because the major portion of the cost pressures, to what extent they exist, is coming from services. We forget about this component but it is nearly two-thirds of producer costs. Services expenses rose solidly and no major sector posted a decline. Trade, transportation, warehousing and government services all posted gains. This portion of the economy should provide a base for inflation.
MARKETS AND FED POLICY IMPLICATIONS >> It would be nice if the two components of the Fed’s dual mandate were behaving consistently, but that is not happening. If you just look at the domestic economy, everything is hunky-dory (that’s a technical economic term). But on the inflation front, the falling price of petroleum and the rising value of the dollar are putting downward pressure on prices. What will the FOMC consider most important? If we look at their words, the Fed members view low inflation as a medium term issue, not an immediate problem. Thus, they are saying they can be patient, as long as expectations remain stable, which they are. Consequently, we should continue to focus on the real economy and the data imply it is strong enough to absorb a rate hike. Meanwhile, back in the markets, the wild ride is likely to continue until some semblance of order returns to the oil and currency markets. With traders worried about the issue of the day and the earnings number of moment, a longer-term viewpoint of stocks based on economic trends is not likely to dominate behavior.


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Summer is officially underway, and Google is celebrating with a big Play Store sale.
Google today announced a sale across many departments of the Play Store. You can rent any movie for $0.99, watch a TV show at half price, and get a best-selling book for 50-80 percent off. Google is also offering 50 percent off new, one-year subscriptions to The New York Times, TuneIn Radio, Showtime, and several other services.
Google says that this sale will run through July 6th for apps, games, books, and music, while the movie and TV deals will run through July 13th.
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The Lenovo Vibe K5 Lenovo Vibe K5 – In Febrruary 2016, Lenovo announced the release of the super hot Lenovo Vibe K5 device.
Infinix Hot S X521 First of all, it is important to note that the Infinix Hot S X521 is the latest device from Infinix and it is dubbed ‘the selfie master’.
Samsung Galaxy Prime J2 Samsung Galaxy Prime J2- released in November 2016 from J2 variants of the Galaxy series, with value for money specs.
Samsung Z2 Samsung Z2 – In August 2016, Samsung officially unveiled the Samsung Z2. With a series of advanced specifications and prices which are extremely friendly, Samsung Z2 is one smartphone with the “Value for money” best in class.
Xiaomi Mi5c 4G Xiaomi has released the all new Xiaomi Mi5c 4G. The phone will run on Android 6.0 Pinecone. The Xiaomi Mi5c device will have 8 cores clocked at 2.2 GHz.
Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 here are the leaked specs of the Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 upgraded version.
The Honor 6x phone sold out in barely 25minutes. Honor 6x mobile phones are currently the hottest cake in Europe this year.
Nokia 6 Android phone is out! We have been able to gather some of the released specs of the latest device from Nokia 6.
Tecno Camon C9 was launched in June 2016 by Tecno as they introduce other Specification into this new device which comes with a fingerprint sensor!


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An aerial view of the Tesla Gigafactory close to Sparks, Nevada
Bob Stark | Reuters
Tesla plans to spend $3.6 billion extra on expanded battery and heavy-duty truck manufacturing in Nevada the corporate stated on Tuesday on social media.
After his public statements Tesla intends to ultimately rent a further 3,000 workers at two new amenities.
It wasn’t instantly clear if Tesla’s plans would broaden the corporate’s manufacturing footprint past the property it is already creating outdoors of Reno in Sparks, Nevada.
Tesla stated in a press release that its new amenities will embody a 100GWh battery cell manufacturing unit, the place the corporate expects to have the capability to fabricate battery cells for two million gentle business automobiles per 12 months, and a high-volume manufacturing unit the place it is going to ultimately manufacture its class 8 heavy, all-electric truck, the Tesla Semi.
Tesla started constructing its first battery manufacturing unit in Nevada in 2014. It operates this facility right this moment with a key cell provider, co-tenant and co-investor within the manufacturing unit. panasonic. The sprawling manufacturing unit is called GF1, Giga Nevada, or the unique Tesla Gigafactory. The Firm primarily manufactures and provides high-voltage batteries to Tesla’s car meeting plant in Fremont, California.
Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo revealed particulars of Tesla’s enlargement plans within the state early Monday. Tesla confirmed the plans Tuesday forward of its fourth-quarter earnings replace, which is scheduled for Wednesday after the market shut.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk held a ceremony in Nevada in December Begin deliveries of the corporate’s Tesla Semi to a key early buyer, PepsiCo. Tesla first introduced its plans to provide the tractor-trailer in 2017 and had a deliberate begin of manufacturing in 2019, pushed again to 2022. The corporate would not make massive portions of tractor-trailers but, however does make a number of on the Nevada Gigafactory.
Tesla followers and critics have posted photos of Tesla Semi Vehicles with Pepsi Frito Lay branding seen on the street since that announcement, together with some punctures on the shoulder.
Tesla hasn’t publicly disclosed how a lot every truck prices, and hasn’t stated what number of it is produced or offered in its personal Supply report for the fourth quarter.
The corporate is anticipated to supply additional particulars on its Semi program on its fourth-quarter earnings name.


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Western Australia has the second lowest government investment in tourism in the nation, according to the WA Tourism Council which is demanding an extra $27 million
a year to market struggling regional areas.
The WA Tourism Council chief executive Evan Hall said “There’s more to our economy than digging holes in the ground. It is time for the WA government to make tourism and events a state priority.”
The council has made a detailed submission to tourism minister Kim Hames, outlining the need for extra spending.
According to the council’s assessment, the state government spent about 0.18 % of its revenue on tourism marketing – only NSW at 0.16 % was lower.
“The government needs to invest in tourism so there is more than mining going on in tomorrow’s economy,” Mr Hall said. “While tourism towns are suffering, it’s hard to understand why the WA government won’t invest in the industry at the same level as other states.
“The government has done a great job investing in China tourism, which is growing rapidly. This model should now be extended to our other international and interstate markets.”
The Australian Hotels Association (Western Australia) has backed the call for an additional $27 million a year. to market WA’s struggling tourism regions.
AHA (WA) CEO, Bradley Woods, said the state government needed to increase its spending for marketing the Western Australian tourism industry in the next budget in the face of increasing competition for leisure travellers from the eastern states and countries such as New Zealand.
“If this substantial investment in marketing our state brand, Experience Extraordinary, is not made now, then we will continue to fall behind the other states and other countries which clearly understand the value of the tourism and hospitality industry.
“The state government has to make promoting our WA brand a priority in the upcoming budget. The tourism industry is vital for a significant number of people in regional WA and Perth, with tourists spending over $8 billion in our local economy,” said Mr Woods.
AccomNews is not affiliated with any government agency, body or political party. We are an independently owned, family-operated magazine.


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2015 Mercedes Benz S600
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The tech specs say that the S600's 6.0-liter bi-turbocharged V12 delivers 523HP, with an incredible 830Nm torque. This will be a proper choice for those who want to be discreet but need the power and don't want tp choose the S65 AMG.
The model will make it's debut at Detroit Auto Show.


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Suntex Industries Hires New Customer Relations Manager
Suntex Industries, Winston Salem, N.C., recently announced the hiring of Gwen H. Kelly as customer relations manager. Kelly will also manage social media websites for the company.
New to the promotional products industry, Kelly brings to the position 20 years of experience working as a paralegal. She is a graduate of Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., with a BS in psychology and criminal justice, and a concentration in peace and conflict studies.
For more information, visit www.suntexindustries.com.


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AN EXPORT guide for those seeking to target the Indonesian vegetable market has been launched by the Australian Food and Grocery Council.
The guide was produced via the Agricultural Trade and Market Access Cooperation program and was this week unveiled at a virtual AusTrade event.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council received $91,000 in ATMAC funding to support industry engagement and education.
“Indonesia has the fourth largest packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages market in the Asia-Pacific, recording average growth of 6.5% per annum,” Department of Agriculture deputy secretary agricultural trade group David Hazlehurst said.
“Increasing demand for healthy, safe, high quality products in Indonesia presents exciting opportunities,” he said.
“Given the recent ratification of the Indonesia Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and resulting reduction in tariffs, our exporters need to be ready to make the most of these opportunities.”
The Australian Food and Grocery Council also plans to hold free industry forums with information on Indonesian food and beverage export opportunities and its regulatory framework.
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McDonald’s McResources website for their employees is dispensing more healthy information. Earlier this year, the website offered some valuable suggestions to employees. Like, “breaking food into pieces” to feel full on less food, singing away their stress, and taking two vacations to help decrease their risk of heart attack. It also suggests employees return unopened holiday gifts they may not need, or sell them, for some “quick cash.”
The most recent suggestion the site offers is a bit ironic. McResources is now telling people to lay off the fast food!
Oh, look at that image above. It’s clearly an “unhealthy” McDonald’s meal.
“It is hard to eat a healthy diet when you eat at fast-food restaurants often,” the site goes on to say. “Many foods are cooked with a lot of fat, even if they are not trans fats. Many fast-food restaurants do not offer any lower-fat foods. Large portions also make it easy to overeat. And most fast food restaurants do not offer many fresh fruits and vegetables.”
McDonald’s employees, stay away from McDonald’s!
“In general,” the site suggests, “eat at places that offer a variety of salads, soups, and vegetables.”
McDonald’s defended the posting in a statement issued Monday afternoon.
“Portions of this website continue to be taken entirelyout of context,” McDonald’s statement said. “This website provides useful information from respected third-parties about many topics, among them health and wellness. It also includes information from experts about healthy eating and making balanced choices. McDonald’s agrees with this advice.”


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Police in El Paso, Texas, said Saturday that they were responding to an active- shooter situation at a shopping mall.
There was no immediate word on whether there had been injuries or fatalities in the reported shooting at a Walmart store in Cielo Vista Mall.
Police said multiple shooters were being reported and the area around the mall had been blocked off as authorities searched for suspects.
Stores in the area were locked down.
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Fusion Hybrid headed to Brazil
The Ford Fusion Hybrid will be sold in Brazil in 2010, according to the newspaper Estado de Minas. Other publications are betting that the hybrid sedan will be at the Motor Show in October.
It has 158 horsepower 2.5 engine and its electric motor has just over 100. So in the end the performance ends up being better than the version 2.5 gasoline. Your exchange is the type CVT, and it can run within the city only with the electrical system , quietly and without spending gasoline.


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When you are young and broke, IKEA seems like the best place ever to get stylish and cheap furniture, even if you have to put it together yourself. And while most of us have been to the Swedish furniture store at one point in our lives, most of us probably don't realize that we’ve all been pronouncing its name wrong for years.
That’s right. The Internet was shocked to discover this week that we’ve all been saying IKEA wrong. The revelation came in a tweet by Los Angeles YouTuber 'Mac Does It' when he shared: “So IKEA is pronounced like (EE-key-uh) not (EYE-key-uh) and no one was gonna tell me?”
And it turns out he’s right, with YouTube tutorials confirming the EE, not EYE, pronunciation. A spokesperson for the company previously confirmed the pronunciation, noting the founder of the company “pronounced it with a typical Swedish accent: 'Eee-KEH-Yah'.'”
But while it may be true, it has shocked folks on social media, with hundreds of people responding to Mac’s tweet in disbelief, although many people noted the incorrect pronunciation was limited to English-speaking countries.
- “I refuse to believe this,” one person wrote, with another commenting, “Umm what?”
- A third added, “I''m not gonna pronounce it that way even if that's true."
- Finally, another noted, “I mean it's a Swedish brand so it makes sense that it isn't pronounced like an English word.”
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As the demand for cyber insurance products grows, insurers are being required to service the market as well as protect their own businesses from cyber attacks.
News last month of a data breach at the UK’s largest insurer, Aviva, has got the insurance industry questioning the security of its internal systems against cyber attacks.
Perhaps most shocking about the Aviva incident was that the insurer’s data was mined by two of its employees, who had been paid by claims management companies to supply them with information.
Since the breach, Admiral has admitted it is closely monitoring its own systems for similar illegal activity. Chief operating officer David Stevens told Post: “It is something we are very vigilant about, because obviously if people are approaching Aviva employees to break the law there is no guarantee they will not approach our own.”
Zurich, too, is wary of potential attacks on its systems. Head of risk, information and business continuity, Alastair Allison, says: “We are going to watch what the regulator says and see how [the breach] occurred. We will respond to that accordingly and, if necessary, make adjustments to our own systems.”
This increased activity is taking place because insurers inevitably hold large amounts of customer information and management intelligence – making them vulnerable to cyber attacks on their business.
Speaking at the Post fraud conference in November 2013, Axa Direct and Partnerships counter fraud head Steve Gaywood told delegates, “Every day our systems are being targeted, and that is from trying to elicit customer data and other weaknesses.”
Indeed, Allison calls customer information an insurer’s “data crown jewels” – highlighting that, should this information get into the wrong hands, it could be harmful for both the insurance company and the consumer.
“From a financial perspective [cyber attacks are dangerous] because hackers can get enough information to intercept funds, strategies or practices that would undermine our financial stability,” he explains.
“Growth opportunities could also be affected – if [hackers] intercept the tactics you intend to employ on a merger and acquisition, they could prevent it from going ahead or push the price higher than you are prepared to pay.”
For Gaywood, reputational damage caused by cyber breaches is also a salient issue. “[Reputational damage] is going to impact the customer’s confidence in the security of your operation, and, therefore, they will be less likely to purchase products from your company,” he says.
Indeed, following US retail giant Target’s December 2013 data breach, online and in-store customer traffic dropped from 43% in January 2013 to 33% in January this year – the retailer’s lowest recorded point in three years. Last week, it was revealed UK supermarket chain Morrisons suffered a cyber attack that saw the bank details of around 100 000 employees stolen.
And the reputational damage doesn’t end with the insurer. A customer who has been the victim of a cyber attack could struggle to get approval for other products such as loans, Gaywood adds – which is also bad news for insurers.
“If [a consumer] has got a black mark against them because of some other kind of financial fraud that has been perpetrated using their details, they will find it difficult to get someone to repair that damage.”
Gaywood explains several measures can be employed to protect against cyber attacks –
including enforcing network security and malware protection and implementing home and mobile working policies.
“Cyber crime prevention is something insurers should be investing in. Any financial services business of any size will have a reliance on information technology to some degree, and with that comes a risk of cyber crime,” he says.
However, insurers protecting their own businesses is only one half of the cyber crime story as, fundamentally, insurance companies are required to meet market demand for cover to protect their clients’ assets against cyber attacks.
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Insurer AIG reported a 60% increase in the sale of UK cyber insurance in 2013, and research from the Ponemon Institute shows annual costs to businesses from cyber attacks is also on the up, with the 2013 figure set at £2.99m – compared with £2.1m the year before.
Nigel Pearson, global fidelity head at Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty, claims the insurance market is catering “fairly well” for the demand for cyber insurance products.
Globally, he says, there is plenty of capacity in the market. Cover is available not just for the liability element, but also for things such as non-critical damage and business interruption. Pearson says the US market has been estimated to have premium income worth around $1.3bn, but outside that territory the market is fairly nascent.
“In the UK, the cyber market is definitely defined – even though it is small. There are elements of cover under other policies, but there is a move away from that because you can’t get the cover and the capacity under small extensions,” he explains.
Writing cyber liability cover is nothing new to Lloyd’s syndicates, according to Lloyd’s Market Association senior technical executive Tony Ellwood. Indeed, Lloyd’s already provides cover for cyber extortion, coverage for non-physical damage, and data breach response services.
“The non-standard, niche cyber market is also expanding rapidly, with some Lloyd’s underwriters focusing on companies with higher risk profiles – for example, providing cover to aid insureds facing more intangible risks such as reputational harm caused by cyber events,” Ellwood says.
However, Gaywood thinks more of an education piece is necessary as he believes there should be more demand for cyber products than the market is currently seeing.
“If you think about internet trade in the UK, it has increased year-on-year for at least the past decade – and the UK has one of the highest percentages of gross written premiums that is traded online. You would expect there to be a higher personal risk to individuals, but I don’t think we are at the point yet where it has become as much of a concern across the entire population,” he says.
“The products tend to be more about prevention and reporting, rather than something that can repair some of the damage. For businesses, there are more products available from some of the bespoke insurers that will offer insurance for loss of revenue, the cost of investigation or civil damages
Deloitte UK cyber lead James Nunn-Price considers investment in cyber security to be reactive, and says it is often overlooked by businesses looking to cut costs.
But, he adds, cyber insurance is becoming more firmly fixed on the agenda. “There has been a significant growth in sales of cyber insurance policies as more businesses are opting to supplement traditional insurance policies with additional coverage for incident response.”
Alongside this, businesses are investing in cyber security measures – a signal, perhaps, that people are not taking the threat lightly. “Some businesses are starting to invest in security operations centres for real-time logging, monitoring and alerting of security events, incident response and advanced threat intelligence services,” he explains.
But while many businesses may be waking up to the increasing threat of cyber crime, the number of attacks on SMEs is becoming more prevalent. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 2013 Information Security Breaches Survey found small businesses were now seeing levels of cyber attacks previously only seen in large organisations.
The survey found that 87% of small businesses (those with 50 staff or less) surveyed had suffered a security breach in the previous 12 months – an increase from 76% of small businesses the year before. Also, 9% of SMEs were aware that an outsider had stolen their intellectual property or confidential data in the past year – up from 4% in the previous year’s survey.
“SMEs are probably more at risk because with banks, insurers and retail trade, the law enforcement agencies have helped a lot and they have got the wherewithal to lock things down. SMEs, on the other hand, are a weaker link and have weaker controlled environments – and criminals will go where it is easier to go,” Allison says.
Pearson agrees, adding: “Some of the smaller, more traditional organisations, such as manufacturing, are probably not as aware of the issues as larger organisations that devote time and effort to their
However, as the Aviva breach has shown, no organisation is safe from a cyber attack, and all businesses must be on guard against security breaches of their IT systems.
With a large number of insurers servicing the cyber market, and the demand for products growing, insurers will need to be prepared for emerging cyber crime risks both for clients, and their own businesses – which could strike at any time.
As Pearson concludes: “What is difficult to pin down at the moment is what the probability is of any particular company suffering a data breach.”
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While consumers may be accustomed to receiving spam calls or texts, a new bank-related text message scam may come with costly consequences.
The scam starts the same way: consumers receive a text message seemingly from their bank alerting them to potential fraud on their account, or a notice that their account is being closed, or their debit card is being deactivated.
Some messages may include a link to click to take further action, while others prompt the victim to reply directly to either approve or decline the “charge.”
In either case, consumers are urged not to take any action. When links are clicked, they often lead to sites that look like banking websites but instead are traps that ask for personal information, and ultimately, money. When messages ask for a response, scammers are opening the door to the next step in the scam.
After the text messages, scammers move onto phone calls, in which they pretend to be from the bank, and have been assigned to help get the victim’s money back – which happens by sending money to themselves through Venmo or Zelle. Needless to say, this is a red flag!
However, rather than recovering any “lost money,” the scammers are actually directing victims on how to link their Venmo or Zelle account to their own bank account. Based on several reports, victims who do end up sending money have struggled to get it back, leaving them out thousands of dollars.
In other instances where scammers pretend their victims’ accounts are going to close or a hold is on the account, it’s really a pull for personal information. To reinstate the allegedly “closed account,” victims are required to reset all of their personal data – email address, social security number, date of birth, etc.
Avoiding bank scams
Both Wells Fargo and Bank of America, as well as the Federal Trade Commission, have published resources for consumers to help them avoid bank phishing scams in the future.
The biggest piece of advice to consumers is to never respond to these messages or calls, and never click on any links. Taking the time to call your bank and confirm something is legitimate can protect you from falling prey to a scam – and also save you money and stress.
Both Wells Fargo and Bank of America state that no banking representative will ever ask for customers’ debit card PIN, account number, or any other confidential information over the phone. Additionally, you aren’t likely to be contacted out of the blue by bankers – that’s another sign of a scammer.
While scammers have the capability to make phone numbers look like they’re coming from your bank, or even change the caller ID, it is up to consumers to be discerning. It can be helpful to save your bank’s phone number or the five-digit codes banks often use when sending text messages to customers.
Scammers are also likely to make the situation seem urgent or ask you to send money to yourself using a digital wallet app or some other type of digital currency. Banks aren’t going to do either of those things, and these requests should indicate to consumers that they’re working with a scammer.
If you do receive a scam text or call, block the number, and report it. Both Androids and iPhones have the capability to report numbers as spam or junk, and numbers can also be reported to the FTC here.


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According to the Times of India, politicians in that country are hacking the smartphones and tablets of their competitors in order to gain political advantage.
In India there is a growing demand to recruit hackers to break into the smartphones of the political competition. The going rate to get the job done by a professional hacker starts at 1 Lakh (100,000 rupees), which is a little less than $2,000. There are some 150 hackers who reportedly are "in great demand."
Mostly it is not the politicians but their intermediaries who hire the hacker-spies. The Times reports these folks usually don't know much about computers or smartphones, but they know what they want to achieve.
But beware if you have the same idea here in the U.S. This is an arena where there is a lot of risk. The Times' story comes from the hackers themselves, which means the cat is out of the bag and there could soon be many Watergate-type stories likely to hit the front pages in India.
One of the hacking tools being used in India is a mobile virus called "NotCompatible". Writing in PC World, Ian Paul says that this virus is an Android Trojan:
Android smartphone users should be on the lookout for hacked websites that automatically download an app onto your phone in an attempt to trick you into installing malicious code. For what may be the first time ever, analysts at Lookout Mobile Security are warning of a so-called drive-by download attack specifically targeted at Android devices. The attack uses infected websites to try to install a Trojan horse called "NotCompatible" onto your phone. If installed, the Android malware could let hackers use the phone as an intermediary access point, or proxy, to break into private computer networks. There is also some speculation that NotCompatible could add your phone to a botnet.
"NotCompatible" and other viruses and Trojans can get onto a smartphone in various ways, either from a PC or through an email attachment, a WIFI connection, or even when you plug your phone into a PC to charge the battery. In fact, the battery-charging risk, outlined in a Defense Department Inspector General Report, is a big problem in the U.S. Army where mobile phones are being replenished off of government computers.
So what to do? The Times recommends, perhaps with tongue in cheek, that politicians should dump their smartphones and go back to their old "low tech" cell phone. Unfortunately, older mobile phones can be easily be hacked. Commercially available Spyphone software can be purchased and installed on old Blackberry's and Nokia phones.
Added to this, as the Times notes, is that fact that most politicians, just like nearly everyone else, are oblivious to the risk of compromise of their smartphone. Even if they know there is a danger, most folks, even political leaders, don't care enough to change their behavior.
But if what they say or do ends up on the front page of the Times of India or the Times of New York, perhaps they will figure out that taking precautions pays off.


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DEERFIELD BEACH — If people haven't heard about Lucky's Antiques, a family-owned furniture and antique store on West Hillsboro Boulevard, it may be for a number of reasons.
It could be that large corporate stores have more money for advertising than mom-and-pop stores like Lucky's. Or, as Lucky's owner Stewart Kaufman fears, it could be because of the sign out front.
Kaufman's rectangular sign posted on a steel rod, could be torn down soon, because of a 12-year-old city law meant to improve the city's appearance. The law seeks to make all of the businesses in Deerfield Beach's commercial district use monument signs, which are firmly based in the ground with no posts.
The law says all businesses in Deerfield Beach must use monument signs by 2004, Vice Mayor Peggy Noland said. Any new businesses also must use monument signs.
Kaufman told city commissioners at their May 15 meeting that he thinks that's unfair.
"All I'm really asking is to be able to compete and get my name out there," he said. "I'm at their mercy."
Kaufman had asked commissioners for permission to put his own business logo on the existing sign outside his store at 3212 W. Hillsboro Blvd.
But commissioners balked at his request.
Noland told Kaufman that the city needed to begin enforcing its sign laws.
"Everybody by 2004 has to have a monument sign, so let's start now," she said.
But the sign Kaufman has will draw business he badly needs in order to "get established" in Deerfield Beach, Kaufman said.
"We compete against Baer's and Carls, but we can't advertise in that scope," he said.
"We're trying to get a much more attractive look to the building. Certainly, when I bought it, I was told we were grandfathered in. I don't think the sign is that obtrusive, that it's causing a problem."
But the commissioners unanimously voted to reject Kaufman's request.
"It doesn't matter what sign you have," Mayor Al Capellini said. "People will frequent you if you sell a good product. I'm trying to be even handed throughout the entire community."
Kaufman has since offered the city a compromise -- he'd like to keep his sign until the end of the year, then take it down and put up a new one.
Commissioners have not decided whether to approve or deny his request.
Jeremy Milarsky can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or call 954-572-2020.


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Load up your carts, because tax-free online shopping could become a thing of the past.
According to a report from ABC News, there’s a bill circulating that could force online retailers to start collecting taxes for purchases. With an esitmated $23 billion in uncollected taxes per year, this could represent a huge windfall for struggling states.
So, why have online retailers been able to skirt the tax issue until now? The answer is that in 1992 the Supreme Court held that stores without physical locations in the state where the customer lives do not have to include sales tax. Unfortunately, small brick-and-mortar establishments suffer the most, due to lower pricing online and the trend of “showrooming” – using the physical locations to compare prices and features, then making the purchase from online competitors.
Ecommerce giants like eBay, Overstock and Facebook have formed a group to protest the proposed bill. Traditional retailers with brick and mortar locations such as Wal-Mart, Target and Barnes and Noble have stepped up in support of the legislation, as well as groups such as the National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association.


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Citroen India is gearing up to launch the all-new C3 in the country. Pre-bookings for the Citroen C3 will commence on the 1st of July while its prices will be announced on July 20, 2022. Ahead of its official launch, the company has revealed its mileage figures. The Citroen C3 will be the third most fuel-efficient sub-compact SUV in India.
Citroen C3: Engine and Gearbox
The India-spec Citroen C3 will be offered with two engine options. It will get a 1.2-litre naturally-aspirated petrol motor that will develop 81 bhp and 115 Nm. There will also be a 1.2-litre turbo petrol mill that will churn out 109 bhp and 190 Nm. Transmission options will include a 5-speed MT and a 6-speed MT, respectively.
Citroen C3: Mileage Details
In terms of fuel efficiency, the 1.2-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine of the Citroen C3 is claimed to deliver 19.8 kmpl while its turbo petrol motor is rated to return 19.4 kmpl. The Citroen C3 will be the third most fuel-efficient sub-compact SUV in India after the Renault Kiger (20.5 kmpl) and Nissan Magnite (20 kmpl).
Citroen C3: Price and Rivals
The new Citroen C3 will be launched in India on July 20, 2022. While the company officially terms it a ‘hatchback with a twist’, it is essentially a sub-compact SUV and will rival the likes of the Tata Punch, Nissan Magnite, Renault Kiger, Kia Sonet, etc. The Citroen C3 is expected to be priced from Rs 5.5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, ex-showroom.
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There's no question that cloud computing has hit the mainstream -- even the US federal government, which isn't typically a front-runner when it comes to tech adoption, has taken the plunge. Now, Taiwanese hardware maker Acer, the world's second largest PC manufacturer, has just joined the ranks of the sky-high elite, purchasing Silicon Valley-based iGware for $320 million. Acer's acquisition of the little-known cloud computing firm will reportedly allow it to launch a cloud product next year, and is seen as a long-term strategic move for the tech giant. Despite its limited name recognition, iGware provides services that support more than 100 million consumer devices, including Nintendo gaming systems -- the two companies are reportedly in talks over potential cooperation after the acquisition is complete. iGware may be a major player in the cloud computing space, but its single-page Microsoft Publisher-designed website doesn't exactly scream nine-figure acquisition -- we hope the company at least tied a pair of mylar balloons to the mailbox before Acer came knocking at Suite 100.


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Patent document shows Google Glass designAugust 22, 2014 / bySyed Mazher Ali / Categories : Tech
US Patent D710,928S was granted to Google engineer Mitchell Heinrich on August, 12 2014. The patent appears to be focused solely on a new version of Google Glass that looks a lot less obtrusive than the current model and may finally remove the robot stigma that some Explorers have been feeling out in public.
The new patent covers a design without an external projector and instead has an internally mounted display unit on what appear to otherwise be a normal set of frames. Heinrich has been instrumental in the development of Glass along with Isabelle Olsson. Between the two of them there are no less than three dozen patents granted to Google already. Who knows how many others have been submitted or have yet to be filed in an attempt to get the masses on board with a version of Google Glass that people will line up to wear.
Thank you BGR for providing us with this information.


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Revolut Launches Early Salary Feature
Revolut’s early salary access feature means customers can access their salaries and all payments made over the Bacs payment scheme a working day earlier than usual. In the case where they would be paid on Monday, people would be able to access their salaries the Friday before. Three million Revolut customers in the UK can now access their pay cheques early via the neobank’s latest feature.
“Early access to salaries could be a genuine lifeline for many during these tough economic times,” said Nik Storonsky, CEO and Founder at Revolut. “Our aim is always to provide Revolut customers with services they need and the best possible experience. With Modulr we’ve been able to deliver better services and experiences to millions of UK customers. We’re looking forward to future innovation and to launching many more exciting products for Revolut customers. Now more than ever, our customers across the globe need easily accessible tools to manage their finances proactively and successfully.”
The new functionality has been enabled by Modulr, Revolut’s long-term payments partner. Modulr, the payments platform, became one of few non-banks to gain direct access to the Bank of England, including Bacs and Faster Payments, last year.
Announcement: Revolut Launches Early Salary Feature


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Electric Taxi Deal Between BYD & Green Tomato Cars Falls Through
February 28th, 2014 by James Ayre
The deal between BYD and London-based Green Tomato Cars, one that would have seen BYD supply 50 EVs to the taxi company, has apparently now fallen through.
Signed all the way back in October 2012, the deal was for BYD to supply 50 of its e6 electric cars. As it stand currently, all 500 or so of Green Tomato’s cars are Toyota Prius hybrids.
No clear reason has been given yet for why the deal’s been terminated, according to the Telegraph — simply that the two companies had “mutually decided that we will not pursue this venture further.” Whatever that means.
There’s a silver lining to all of this, though. The 20 BYD e6’s that have already been shipped to London will still enter use. They have been taken on by the zero-emission chauffeur service Thriev.
Autoblog Green provides some context on the recent happening:
London government leadership, and specifically Mayor Boris Johnson, is pushing hard for more plug-in cabs as a way to reduce both fuel consumption and air pollution. The extended-range plug-in Metrocab, which is made by UK-based Frazer-Nash, is slated to debut in the city later this year. Those six-seat vehicles are said to have fuel economy of 75 miles per gallon equivalent. And by next year, Nissan is expected to deploy some of its all-electric NV200 vehicles to London for cab use.
Perhaps Green Tomato Cars has its eye on a different partnership? Or perhaps the company is having internal problems?
Check out our new 93-page EV report, based on over 2,000 surveys collected from EV drivers in 49 of 50 US states, 26 European countries, and 9 Canadian provinces.


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If you're struggling with weight loss, you may not be eating the right amount of calories. The trick is figuring what that right amount is.
"People that go on crash diets and they go really low-calorie -- what happens is that losing the weight is never the issue," said Angela Lemond, a registered dietician. "The issue is keeping the weight off."
The portable calorie calculator is a smaller version of a machine normally used in a hospital setting, such as when people are on an artificial feeding method.
The handheld Fitmate is available to help people trying to lose weight -- and maintain it.
"What this piece of equipment allows you to do is get at that rate where you're losing one to two pounds a week, which is what the recommendations are without sacrificing lean mass," Lemond said.
The fundamental problem with diets is an individual's calorie in-take, said Lemond, a dietician at Professional Nutrition Therapists in Dallas.
"Even though you might be the same gender, activity level, everybody genetically has various types of lean mass," she said. "So that lean mass is what drives out metabolic rate."
Fitmate calculates how many calories you burn while at rest, taking the guesswork out of it. It's then able to tell you how many calories your body needs each day to either lose weight or maintain your current weight, after just eight minutes.
The information helps dieticians come up with a plan to meet their patients' goals that includes a nutrition program and an exercise regimen.
"We want to make sure they're getting the calories they need," Lemond said.


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The INSIDER Summary:
- The amount of malware targeting Macs has grown at a frightening rate in recent years.
- The latest reported case might be one of the scariest ones yet.
- A malware called Fruitfly, which is shut down for now, reportedly let hackers find out your exact location and name, switch on your webcam and microphone, and more.
- In addition, the latest versions of Mac's operating systems are protected against all known strains of Fruitfly.
It's a common belief that Macs can't get viruses. That's probably one of the reasons you bought a Mac in the first place, especially if you switched over from a Windows computer like I did.
However, the amount of malware targeting Macs has actually grown at a frightening rate over the past years. In 2016 alone, instances of Mac-specific malware grew by 744%, according to Business Insider.
Just earlier this year, security firm Malwarebytes discovered Mac malware that was reportedly spying on computers in biomedical research centers. Apple quickly released a security update to protect against the malware, which the company dubbed Fruitfly.
On July 21, former NSA analyst Patrick Wardle found a new strain of the malicious code on about 400 Macs — 90% of which are in the US. However, that's "likely only ... a limited percentage of the total number of victims," Wardle told Forbes.
—patrick wardle (@patrickwardle) July 21, 2017
Luckily, the entire Fruitfly malware net appears to be shut down right now, according to Wardle, who contacted law enforcement agents about his findings.
In addition, Mac computers that are running the latest versions of macOS 10.12 or OS X 10.11 El Capitan are protected against all known strains of the virus, an Apple representative told Laptop Mag.
This time around, Fruitfly reportedly allowed hackers to find out your exact location and name, switch on your webcam and microphone, control your mouse, change your personal files, take screenshots, record your keystrokes, and more.
If that's not creepy enough, Wardle, who is now the chief security researcher at cybersecurity firm Synack, told Mashable that the malware didn't seem to be "designed for financial gain." Instead, Wardle believes that Fruitfly was built specifically to "spy on users for probably perverse reasons."
Usually, this type of code is seen in "government or nation-state software," Wardle explained, but the victims he found weren't "nation-state actors," but rather just "everyday folks."
In the meantime, the best way to protest yourself is to always make sure your desktop and server operating systems are always up to date.


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CNET (NASDAQ:CNWK) agrees to acquire U.Vision/ComputerESP for 545k shares of CNWK, about $21.2 million. ComputerESP allows buyers to search for products and availability on computer items. Direct or indirect rivals: Yahoo shopping engine, ONSALE auctions, InternetShopper.com.
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CheckPoint Software (NASDAQ:CHKPF) shares rise more than 11% to $31.94 per share on news late yesterday that the firewall software market leader (45%) will strengthen its ties with PC software king Microsoft in a two-year agreement to mesh interoperability of its product with Microsoft NT. CHKPF had taken a hit recently after comments made more than two weeks ago by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer indicated Microsoft was moving into the security software field and that CheckPoint could be a rival.
Microsoft has been very aggressive in all software spaces so we expect this may end up being the case in firewalls also. NT firewall anyone? Remember, Microsoft “worked” with IBM (PC), Apple (GUI), Spyglass (Web browser) and now CheckPoint (firewalls). Verio files its initial public offering price at the top of its range, $23 per share, with 5.5 million shares offered. We expect a short pop on its first day but not anything close to Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) which zoomed. We’ll see May 13. For our analysis on Verio’s IPO see www.isdex.com Archives.